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发帖数: 18007 | 1 Springfield, Missouri Lynching
On April 14, 1906, a mob broke into the town jail, then lynched two black
men: Horace Duncan and Fred Coker, for allegedly sexually assaulting Mina
Edwards, a white woman. Later they returned to the jail and lynched another
black man, Will Allen, accused of murder. The victims were hanged and burned
by a mob more than 2,000 strong in the town square. The men were hanged on
the town square from the Gottfried Tower which held a replica of the Statue
of Liberty. Judge Azariah W. Lincoln called for a grand jury. The
proceedings were covered in both the New York and Los Angeles Times. In the
immediate aftermath, two commemorative coins were reportedly issued.
Evidence suggests that all three men were innocent, including testimony from
Duncan's and Coker's employer. The lynching sparked a mass exodus of
African-Americans from the area, who still remain a small minority
demographic in Springfield. A plaque on the southeast corner of the square
serves as reminder. |
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